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CN103684259B
CN103684259B CN201210360991.5A CN201210360991A CN103684259B CN 103684259 B CN103684259 B CN 103684259B CN 201210360991 A CN201210360991 A CN 201210360991A CN 103684259 B CN103684259 B CN 103684259B
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本发明提供一种具有低噪声和大调谐范围压控振荡器,其中,电流源电路用于产生压控振荡器工作的电流;谐振电路用于产生压控振荡器的振荡信号;所述谐振电路为电感电容式谐振电路,其中的电容采用MOS容抗管,增加电路的调谐范围;负阻电路用于产生负阻,以抵消所述谐振电路产生的正阻;所述反馈电路用于将所述谐振电路产生的振荡信号反馈给所述电流源电路,从而为电流源注入新的电流,提高压控振荡器的使用效率。从而使本发明实施例的压控振荡器具有更大的输出电压幅度。压控振荡器的输出电压幅度越大,其相位噪声性能便越好。

The present invention provides a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range, wherein the current source circuit is used to generate the working current of the voltage-controlled oscillator; the resonance circuit is used to generate the oscillation signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator; the resonance circuit It is an inductance-capacitance resonant circuit, wherein the capacitor adopts a MOS capacitive reactance tube to increase the tuning range of the circuit; the negative resistance circuit is used to generate negative resistance to offset the positive resistance generated by the resonant circuit; the feedback circuit is used to convert the The oscillating signal generated by the resonant circuit is fed back to the current source circuit, so as to inject new current into the current source and improve the use efficiency of the voltage-controlled oscillator. Therefore, the voltage-controlled oscillator in the embodiment of the present invention has a larger output voltage range. The larger the output voltage amplitude of a VCO, the better its phase noise performance.

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一种具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器A Voltage Controlled Oscillator with Low Noise and Large Tuning Range

技术领域technical field

本发明涉及集成电路技术领域,特别涉及一种具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器。The invention relates to the technical field of integrated circuits, in particular to a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range.

背景技术Background technique

压控振荡器(VCO,voltage-controlled oscillator)是指输出频率与输入控制电压有对应关系的振荡电路。A voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO, voltage-controlled oscillator) refers to an oscillating circuit whose output frequency corresponds to an input control voltage.

压控振荡器是集成电路中非常重要的基本电路之一,其电路的实现方式主要有两种,分别是环形压控振荡器(Ring VCO)和电感电容压控振荡器(LC VCO)。压控振荡器被广泛地应用于微处理器中的时钟同步(Clock Synchronization)电路;无线通信收发器中的频率综合器(Frequency Synthesizer);光纤通信中的时钟恢复电路(CRC,Clock RecoveryCircuit)以及多相位采样(Multi-phase Sampling)电路中。The voltage-controlled oscillator is one of the very important basic circuits in the integrated circuit. There are two main ways to implement the circuit, namely the ring voltage-controlled oscillator (Ring VCO) and the inductor-capacitor voltage-controlled oscillator (LC VCO). Voltage-controlled oscillators are widely used in clock synchronization (Clock Synchronization) circuits in microprocessors; frequency synthesizers (Frequency Synthesizer) in wireless communication transceivers; clock recovery circuits (CRC, Clock Recovery Circuit) in optical fiber communications and Multi-phase sampling (Multi-phase Sampling) circuit.

相位噪声是衡量压控振荡器性能的主要参数之一。大多数情况下,压控振荡器的相位噪声性能是影响集成接收机灵敏度的最主要因素。理想的压控振荡器输出的信号频谱是一个脉冲函数,但是由于实际电路中存在各种噪声源,压控振荡器输出的信号频谱特性都是频罩曲线。Phase noise is one of the main parameters to measure the performance of a VCO. In most cases, the phase noise performance of a VCO is the most dominant factor affecting the sensitivity of an integrated receiver. The signal spectrum output by an ideal VCO is a pulse function, but due to various noise sources in the actual circuit, the signal spectrum characteristics of the VCO output are frequency mask curves.

压控振荡器电路中的噪声源可以分为两大类:器件噪声和外界干扰噪声,前者主要包括热噪声和闪烁噪声;后者主要包括衬底和电源噪声。压控振荡器的器件噪声主要来源于片上电感和可变电容的串联寄生电阻、开关差分对管和尾电流源。The noise sources in the voltage-controlled oscillator circuit can be divided into two categories: device noise and external interference noise. The former mainly includes thermal noise and flicker noise; the latter mainly includes substrate and power supply noise. The device noise of the voltage-controlled oscillator mainly comes from the series parasitic resistance of the on-chip inductor and variable capacitor, the switch differential pair tube and the tail current source.

参见图1,该图为现有技术中的一种压控振荡器示意图。Referring to FIG. 1 , this figure is a schematic diagram of a voltage-controlled oscillator in the prior art.

图1所示的压控振荡器的电流源是由直流电压控制的,如图1中的电压VBIAS控制三极管Q0。The current source of the voltage-controlled oscillator shown in Figure 1 is controlled by a DC voltage, as shown in Figure 1, the voltage VBIAS controls the transistor Q0.

压控振荡器输出端(POUT和NOUT)的最低电压为两个双极型晶体管(Q0和Q1)的集电极-发射极压降之和,由于两个HBT的结电压之和较小,因此造成压控振荡器有较小的输出。The minimum voltage at the VCO outputs (POUT and NOUT) is the sum of the collector-emitter voltage drops of the two bipolar transistors (Q0 and Q1), and since the sum of the junction voltages of the two HBTs is small, the Cause the voltage controlled oscillator to have a smaller output.

因此,图1所示的压控振荡器存在较高的相位噪声,相位噪声性能较低。Therefore, the VCO shown in Figure 1 has high phase noise and low phase noise performance.

发明内容Contents of the invention

本发明要解决的技术问题是提供一种压控振荡器,具有较大的输出电压幅度,能够降低整个电路的相位噪声,提高相位噪声性能。The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a voltage-controlled oscillator with a relatively large output voltage range, which can reduce the phase noise of the entire circuit and improve the phase noise performance.

本发明实施例提供一种具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器,包括:谐振电路、负阻电路、电流源电路和反馈电路;An embodiment of the present invention provides a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and a large tuning range, including: a resonant circuit, a negative resistance circuit, a current source circuit, and a feedback circuit;

所述谐振电路,用于产生压控振荡器的振荡信号,所述谐振电路为电感电容式谐振电路,其中的电容采用MOS容抗管;The resonant circuit is used to generate the oscillating signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator, and the resonant circuit is an inductance-capacitance resonant circuit, wherein the capacitor adopts a MOS capacitive reactance tube;

所述负阻电路,用于产生负阻,以抵消所述谐振电路产生的正阻;The negative resistance circuit is used to generate negative resistance to offset the positive resistance generated by the resonant circuit;

所述电流源电路,用于产生压控振荡器工作的电流;The current source circuit is used to generate the working current of the voltage-controlled oscillator;

所述反馈电路,用于将所述谐振电路产生的振荡信号反馈给所述电流源电路。The feedback circuit is used to feed back the oscillation signal generated by the resonant circuit to the current source circuit.

优选地,所述谐振电路包括:差分电感、第一MOS容抗管、第二MOS容抗管、第三电容、第四电容、第一电阻和第二电阻;Preferably, the resonant circuit includes: a differential inductor, a first MOS capacitive tube, a second MOS capacitive tube, a third capacitor, a fourth capacitor, a first resistor and a second resistor;

所述差分电感的一端连接第一节点,另一端连接第二节点;One end of the differential inductor is connected to the first node, and the other end is connected to the second node;

所述第一MOS容抗管的栅极连接第三节点,漏极和源极短接在一起连接第一控制电压;The gate of the first MOS capacitive reactance transistor is connected to the third node, and the drain and source are shorted together to connect to the first control voltage;

所述第二MOS容抗管的栅极连接第四节点,漏极和源极短接在一起连接所述第一控制电压;The gate of the second MOS capacitive reactance transistor is connected to the fourth node, and the drain and source are shorted together to connect to the first control voltage;

所述第一电阻的一端连接所述第三节点,另一端接地;One end of the first resistor is connected to the third node, and the other end is grounded;

所述第二电阻的一端连接所述第四节点,另一端接地;One end of the second resistor is connected to the fourth node, and the other end is grounded;

所述第三电容的两端分别连接所述第一节点和所述第三节点,所述第四电容的两端分别连接所述第二节点和所述第四节点;Both ends of the third capacitor are respectively connected to the first node and the third node, and both ends of the fourth capacitor are respectively connected to the second node and the fourth node;

所述第一节点为所述谐振电路与负阻电路的第一相接点,输出第一谐振信号,所述第二节点为所述谐振电路与负阻电路的第二相接点,输出第二谐振信号。The first node is the first phase connection point between the resonance circuit and the negative resistance circuit, and outputs a first resonance signal, and the second node is a second phase connection point between the resonance circuit and the negative resistance circuit, and outputs a second resonance signal. Signal.

优选地,所述负阻电路包括:第一双极型晶体管、第二双极型晶体管、第三电阻、第四电阻、第五电容、第六电容和第十一电容;Preferably, the negative resistance circuit includes: a first bipolar transistor, a second bipolar transistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a fifth capacitor, a sixth capacitor and an eleventh capacitor;

第一双极型晶体管的基极连接第五节点,集电极连接第一节点,所述第一节点为所述负阻电路与谐振电路的第一相接点;The base of the first bipolar transistor is connected to the fifth node, and the collector is connected to the first node, and the first node is a first phase connection between the negative resistance circuit and the resonant circuit;

第二双极型晶体管的基极连接第六节点,集电极连接第二节点,所述第二节点为所述负阻电路与谐振电路的第二相接点;The base of the second bipolar transistor is connected to the sixth node, and the collector is connected to the second node, and the second node is a second phase connection between the negative resistance circuit and the resonant circuit;

所述第一双极型晶体管的发射极与所述第二双极性晶体管的发射极相接,相接的节点作为所述负阻电路的输入端与电流源电路的输出端相接点;The emitter of the first bipolar transistor is connected to the emitter of the second bipolar transistor, and the connected node is used as a connection point between the input end of the negative resistance circuit and the output end of the current source circuit;

第三电阻的一端连接所述第五节点,另一端连接第二控制电压;One end of the third resistor is connected to the fifth node, and the other end is connected to the second control voltage;

第四电阻的一端连接所述第六节点,另一端连接所述第二控制电压;One end of the fourth resistor is connected to the sixth node, and the other end is connected to the second control voltage;

第五电容的一端连接所述第一节点,另一端连接所述第六节点;One end of the fifth capacitor is connected to the first node, and the other end is connected to the sixth node;

第六电容的一端连接所述第二节点,另一端连接所述第五节点;One end of the sixth capacitor is connected to the second node, and the other end is connected to the fifth node;

第十一电容的两端分别连接所述第二控制电压和地。Both ends of the eleventh capacitor are respectively connected to the second control voltage and ground.

优选地,所述电流源电路包括:第三双极型晶体管、第四双极型晶体管、第五电阻、第六电阻、第九电容和第十电容;Preferably, the current source circuit includes: a third bipolar transistor, a fourth bipolar transistor, a fifth resistor, a sixth resistor, a ninth capacitor, and a tenth capacitor;

所述第三双极型晶体管的基极连接接地的第九电容,所述基极为第一反馈信号的输入端,第三双极型晶体管的发射极接地;The base of the third bipolar transistor is connected to the grounded ninth capacitor, the base is the input terminal of the first feedback signal, and the emitter of the third bipolar transistor is grounded;

所述第四双极型晶体管的基极连接接地的第十电容,所述基极为第二反馈信号的输入端,第四双极型晶体管的发射极接地;The base of the fourth bipolar transistor is connected to the grounded tenth capacitor, the base is the input terminal of the second feedback signal, and the emitter of the fourth bipolar transistor is grounded;

所述第三双极型晶体管的集电极与所述第四双极型晶体管的集电极相接,相接的节点作为负阻电路的输入端与电流源电路的输出端相接点;The collector of the third bipolar transistor is connected to the collector of the fourth bipolar transistor, and the connected node is used as a contact point between the input terminal of the negative resistance circuit and the output terminal of the current source circuit;

所述第五电阻的一端连接所述第三双极型晶体管的基极,另一端连接第三控制电压;One end of the fifth resistor is connected to the base of the third bipolar transistor, and the other end is connected to the third control voltage;

所述第六电阻的一端连接所述第四双极型晶体管的基极,另一端连接第三控制电压。One end of the sixth resistor is connected to the base of the fourth bipolar transistor, and the other end is connected to the third control voltage.

优选地,所述反馈电路包括:第七电容和第八电容;Preferably, the feedback circuit includes: a seventh capacitor and an eighth capacitor;

所述第七电容的一端连接谐振电路的第一输出端,另一端连接电流源电路的第一信号输入端,第一谐振信号通过所述第七电容反馈至电流源电路,所述第七电容的另一端为压控振荡器的第一输出端;One end of the seventh capacitor is connected to the first output end of the resonance circuit, and the other end is connected to the first signal input end of the current source circuit, and the first resonance signal is fed back to the current source circuit through the seventh capacitor, and the seventh capacitor The other end of is the first output end of the voltage-controlled oscillator;

所述第八电容的一端连接谐振电路的第二输出端,另一端连接电流源电路的第二信号输入端,第二谐振信号通过所述第八电容反馈至电流源电路,所述第八电容的另一端为压控振荡器的第二输出端。One end of the eighth capacitor is connected to the second output end of the resonance circuit, and the other end is connected to the second signal input end of the current source circuit, and the second resonance signal is fed back to the current source circuit through the eighth capacitor, and the eighth capacitor The other end of is the second output end of the voltage controlled oscillator.

优选地,所述第三电容和第四电容的容值比第一MOS容抗管和第二MOS容抗管的容值至少大10倍。Preferably, the capacitances of the third capacitor and the fourth capacitor are at least 10 times larger than the capacitances of the first MOS capacitor and the second MOS capacitor.

优选地,所述第一MOS容抗管和第二MOS容抗管工作于积累区或耗尽区。Preferably, the first MOS capacitor and the second MOS capacitor work in an accumulation region or a depletion region.

优选地,所述第一双极型晶体管和第二双极型晶体管处于正向工作区。Preferably, the first bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor are in a forward working region.

优选地,所述第三双极型晶体管和第四双极型晶体管处于正向工作区。Preferably, the third bipolar transistor and the fourth bipolar transistor are in a forward working region.

优选地,第七电容和第八电容的容值是第一MOS容抗管和第二MOS容抗管的容值的十分之一。Preferably, the capacitances of the seventh capacitor and the eighth capacitor are one-tenth of the capacitances of the first MOS capacitor and the second MOS capacitor.

与现有技术相比,本发明具有以下优点:Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

本发明提供的具有低噪声和大调谐范围压控振荡器中,电流源电路用于产生压控振荡器工作的电流;谐振电路用于产生压控振荡器的振荡信号;所述谐振电路为电感电容式谐振电路,其中的电容采用MOS容抗管,增加电路的调谐范围;负阻电路用于产生负阻,以抵消所述谐振电路产生的正阻;所述反馈电路用于将所述谐振电路产生的振荡信号反馈给所述电流源电路,从而为电流源注入新的电流,提高压控振荡器的使用效率。从而使本发明实施例的压控振荡器具有更大的输出电压幅度。压控振荡器的输出电压幅度越大,其相位噪声性能便越好。In the voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range provided by the present invention, the current source circuit is used to generate the working current of the voltage-controlled oscillator; the resonant circuit is used to generate the oscillation signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator; the resonant circuit is an inductor A capacitive resonant circuit, wherein the capacitor adopts a MOS capacitive reactance tube to increase the tuning range of the circuit; the negative resistance circuit is used to generate negative resistance to offset the positive resistance generated by the resonant circuit; the feedback circuit is used to convert the resonant The oscillating signal generated by the circuit is fed back to the current source circuit, so as to inject new current into the current source and improve the use efficiency of the voltage-controlled oscillator. Therefore, the voltage-controlled oscillator in the embodiment of the present invention has a larger output voltage range. The larger the output voltage amplitude of a VCO, the better its phase noise performance.

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图1是现有技术中的一种压控振荡器示意图;Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a voltage-controlled oscillator in the prior art;

图2是本发明提供的具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器实施例一的示意图;Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 1 of a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range provided by the present invention;

图3是本发明提供的具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器实施例二的示意图。FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 2 of a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range provided by the present invention.

具体实施方式Detailed ways

为使本发明的上述目的、特征和优点能够更加明显易懂,下面结合附图对本发明的具体实施方式做详细的说明。In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, specific implementations of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

参见图2,该图为本发明提供的具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器实施例一的示意图。Referring to FIG. 2 , this figure is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 1 of a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range provided by the present invention.

本实施例提供的压控振荡器,包括:谐振电路100、负阻电路200、电流源电路300和反馈电路400:The voltage-controlled oscillator provided in this embodiment includes: a resonant circuit 100, a negative resistance circuit 200, a current source circuit 300 and a feedback circuit 400:

所述谐振电路100,用于产生压控振荡器的振荡信号,所述谐振电路100为电感电容式谐振电路,其中的电容采用MOS容抗管;The resonant circuit 100 is used to generate an oscillation signal of a voltage-controlled oscillator, and the resonant circuit 100 is an inductance-capacitance resonant circuit, wherein the capacitor adopts a MOS capacitive reactance tube;

所述负阻电路200,用于产生负阻,以抵消所述谐振电路100产生的正阻;The negative resistance circuit 200 is used to generate negative resistance to offset the positive resistance generated by the resonant circuit 100;

所述电流源电路300,用于产生压控振荡器工作的电流;The current source circuit 300 is used to generate a working current for the voltage-controlled oscillator;

所述反馈电路400,用于将所述谐振电路100产生的振荡信号反馈给所述电流源电路300。The feedback circuit 400 is configured to feed back the oscillation signal generated by the resonant circuit 100 to the current source circuit 300 .

本发明提供的压控振荡器中,电流源电路300用于产生压控振荡器工作的电流;谐振电路100用于产生压控振荡器的振荡信号;所述谐振电路100为电感电容式谐振电路,其中的电容采用MOS容抗管,增加电路的调谐范围;负阻电路200用于产生负阻,以抵消所述谐振电路100产生的正阻;所述反馈电路400用于将所述谐振电路100产生的振荡信号反馈给所述电流源电路300,从而为电流源电路300注入新的电流,提高压控振荡器的使用效率。从而使本发明实施例的压控振荡器具有更大的输出电压幅度。压控振荡器的输出电压幅度越大,其相位噪声性能便越好。In the voltage-controlled oscillator provided by the present invention, the current source circuit 300 is used to generate the working current of the voltage-controlled oscillator; the resonant circuit 100 is used to generate the oscillation signal of the voltage-controlled oscillator; the resonant circuit 100 is an inductance-capacitance resonant circuit , wherein the capacitor adopts a MOS capacitive reactance tube to increase the tuning range of the circuit; the negative resistance circuit 200 is used to generate a negative resistance to offset the positive resistance generated by the resonant circuit 100; the feedback circuit 400 is used to use the resonant circuit The oscillating signal generated by 100 is fed back to the current source circuit 300, so as to inject new current into the current source circuit 300 and improve the use efficiency of the voltage-controlled oscillator. Therefore, the voltage-controlled oscillator in the embodiment of the present invention has a larger output voltage range. The larger the output voltage amplitude of a VCO, the better its phase noise performance.

下面结合附图介绍本发明实施例提供的压控振荡器的具体结构。The specific structure of the voltage-controlled oscillator provided by the embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

参见图3,该图为本发明提供的具有低噪声和大调谐范围的压控振荡器实施例二的示意图。Refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of Embodiment 2 of a voltage-controlled oscillator with low noise and large tuning range provided by the present invention.

本实施例提供的压控振荡器,包括:谐振电路、负阻电路、电流源电路和反馈电路;The voltage-controlled oscillator provided in this embodiment includes: a resonant circuit, a negative resistance circuit, a current source circuit and a feedback circuit;

所述谐振电路包括:差分电感L0、第一MOS容抗管C1、第二MOS容抗管C2、第三电容C3、第四电容C4、第一电阻R1、第二电阻R2;The resonant circuit includes: a differential inductor L0, a first MOS capacitor C1, a second MOS capacitor C2, a third capacitor C3, a fourth capacitor C4, a first resistor R1, and a second resistor R2;

差分电感L0的抽头连接电源。The tap of the differential inductor L0 is connected to the power supply.

所述差分电感L0的一端连接第一节点A,另一端连接第二节点B;One end of the differential inductor L0 is connected to the first node A, and the other end is connected to the second node B;

所述第一MOS容抗管的栅极连接第三节点C,漏极和源极短接在一起连接第一控制电压ATUNE;The gate of the first MOS capacitive reactance transistor is connected to the third node C, and the drain and source are shorted together to connect to the first control voltage ATUNE;

所述第二MOS容抗管的栅极连接第四节点D,漏极和源极短接在一起连接所述第一控制电压ATUNE;The gate of the second MOS capacitive reactance transistor is connected to the fourth node D, and the drain and source are shorted together to connect to the first control voltage ATUNE;

该压控振荡器可以通过调节第一控制电压ATUNE的大小来调节压控振荡器的工作频率。The VCO can adjust the working frequency of the VCO by adjusting the magnitude of the first control voltage ATUNE.

所述第一电阻R1的一端连接所述第三节点C,另一端接地;One end of the first resistor R1 is connected to the third node C, and the other end is grounded;

所述第二电阻R2的一端连接所述第四节点D,另一端接地;One end of the second resistor R2 is connected to the fourth node D, and the other end is grounded;

所述第三电容C3的两端分别连接所述第一节点A和第三节点C,所述第四电容C4的两端分别连接所述第二节点B和第四节点D。Both ends of the third capacitor C3 are respectively connected to the first node A and the third node C, and both ends of the fourth capacitor C4 are respectively connected to the second node B and the fourth node D.

所述第一节点A为所述谐振电路与负阻电路的第一相接点,输出第一谐振信号,所述第二节点B为所述谐振电路与负阻电路的第二相接点,输出第二谐振信号。The first node A is the first phase connection point between the resonant circuit and the negative resistance circuit, outputting the first resonance signal, and the second node B is the second phase connection point between the resonant circuit and the negative resistance circuit, outputting the first Second resonance signal.

需要说明的是,C1和C2工作于积累区或耗尽区。It should be noted that C1 and C2 work in the accumulation region or the depletion region.

所述第三电容C3和第四电容C4的容值比第一MOS容抗管C1和第二MOS容抗管C2的容值至少大10倍,这样可以保证本发明实施例提供的压控振荡器具有较宽的频率调谐范围。The capacitance of the third capacitor C3 and the fourth capacitor C4 is at least 10 times larger than the capacitance of the first MOS capacitor C1 and the second MOS capacitor C2, so that the voltage-controlled oscillation provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be guaranteed The device has a wide frequency tuning range.

需要说明的是,本发明实施例的谐振电路中的电容采用MOS容抗管(C1和C2)。MOS容抗管的容值大小随第一控制电压ATUNE的变化较大,从而采用MOS容抗管的压控振荡器具有较大的调谐范围。It should be noted that the capacitors in the resonant circuit in the embodiment of the present invention adopt MOS capacitive reactance tubes ( C1 and C2 ). The capacitance of the MOS capacitive reactance tube varies greatly with the first control voltage ATUNE, so the voltage-controlled oscillator using the MOS capacitive reactance tube has a large tuning range.

所述负阻电路包括:第一晶体管双极型晶体管Q1、第二双极型晶体管Q2、第三电阻R3、第四电阻R4、第五电容C5、第六电容C6、第十一电容C11;The negative resistance circuit includes: a first transistor bipolar transistor Q1, a second bipolar transistor Q2, a third resistor R3, a fourth resistor R4, a fifth capacitor C5, a sixth capacitor C6, and an eleventh capacitor C11;

第一双极型晶体管Q1的基极连接第五节点M,集电极连接第一节点A,所述第一节点A为所述负阻电路与谐振电路的第一相接点;The base of the first bipolar transistor Q1 is connected to the fifth node M, and the collector is connected to the first node A, and the first node A is a first contact point between the negative resistance circuit and the resonant circuit;

第二双极型晶体管Q2的基极连接第六节点N,集电极连接第二节点B,所述第二节点B为所述负阻电路与谐振电路的第二相接点;The base of the second bipolar transistor Q2 is connected to the sixth node N, and the collector is connected to the second node B, and the second node B is the second contact point between the negative resistance circuit and the resonant circuit;

所述第一双极型晶体管Q1的发射极与所述第二双极性晶体管Q2的发射极相接,相接的节点作为所述负阻电路的输入端与电流源电路的输出端相接点;The emitter of the first bipolar transistor Q1 is connected to the emitter of the second bipolar transistor Q2, and the connected node is used as a connection point between the input end of the negative resistance circuit and the output end of the current source circuit ;

第三电阻R3的一端连接第五节点M,另一端连接第二控制电压CDC;One end of the third resistor R3 is connected to the fifth node M, and the other end is connected to the second control voltage CDC;

第四电阻R4的一端连接第六节点N,另一端连接第二控制电压CDC;One end of the fourth resistor R4 is connected to the sixth node N, and the other end is connected to the second control voltage CDC;

第五电容C5的一端连接所述第一节点A,另一端连接所述第六节点N;One end of the fifth capacitor C5 is connected to the first node A, and the other end is connected to the sixth node N;

第六电容C6的一端连接所述第二节点B,另一端连接所述第五节点M;One end of the sixth capacitor C6 is connected to the second node B, and the other end is connected to the fifth node M;

第五电容C5和第六电容C6的作用主要是为了隔离直流信号,同时协助Q1和Q2实现负阻的作用,从而补偿谐振电路产生的正阻。The function of the fifth capacitor C5 and the sixth capacitor C6 is mainly to isolate the DC signal, and at the same time assist Q1 and Q2 to realize the function of negative resistance, thereby compensating the positive resistance generated by the resonant circuit.

第十一电容C11的两端分别连接所述第二控制电压CDC和地。Both ends of the eleventh capacitor C11 are respectively connected to the second control voltage CDC and ground.

需要说明的是,可以通过调整第二控制电压CDC的大小保证Q1和Q2处于正向工作区。It should be noted that, the magnitude of the second control voltage CDC can be adjusted to ensure that Q1 and Q2 are in the forward working region.

所述电流源电路包括:第三双极型晶体管Q3、第四双极型晶体管Q4、第五电阻R5、第六电阻R6、第九电容C9和第十电容C10;The current source circuit includes: a third bipolar transistor Q3, a fourth bipolar transistor Q4, a fifth resistor R5, a sixth resistor R6, a ninth capacitor C9 and a tenth capacitor C10;

所述第三双极型晶体管Q3的基极连接接地的第九电容C9,所述基极为第一反馈信号的输入端,第三双极型晶体管Q3的发射极接地;The base of the third bipolar transistor Q3 is connected to the grounded ninth capacitor C9, the base is the input terminal of the first feedback signal, and the emitter of the third bipolar transistor Q3 is grounded;

所述第四双极型晶体管Q4的基极连接接地的第十电容C10,所述基极为第二反馈信号的输入端,第四双极型晶体管Q4的发射极接地;The base of the fourth bipolar transistor Q4 is connected to the grounded tenth capacitor C10, the base is the input terminal of the second feedback signal, and the emitter of the fourth bipolar transistor Q4 is grounded;

所述第三双极型晶体管Q3的集电极与所述第四双极型晶体管Q4的集电极相接,相接的节点作为负阻电路的输入端与电流源电路的输出端相接点;The collector of the third bipolar transistor Q3 is connected to the collector of the fourth bipolar transistor Q4, and the connected node is used as a contact point between the input terminal of the negative resistance circuit and the output terminal of the current source circuit;

所述第五电阻R5的一端连接所述第三双极型晶体管Q3的基极,另一端连接第三控制电压VBIAS;One end of the fifth resistor R5 is connected to the base of the third bipolar transistor Q3, and the other end is connected to the third control voltage VBIAS;

所述第六电阻R6的一端连接所述第四双极型晶体管Q4的基极,另一端连接第三控制电压VBIAS。One end of the sixth resistor R6 is connected to the base of the fourth bipolar transistor Q4, and the other end is connected to the third control voltage VBIAS.

需要说明的是,可以通过控制VBIAS的电压大小来使Q3和Q4处于正向工作区。It should be noted that Q3 and Q4 can be in the positive working area by controlling the voltage of VBIAS.

需要说明的是,C9和C10起滤波作用,滤除Q3和Q4产生的高频信号。It should be noted that C9 and C10 function as a filter to filter out high-frequency signals generated by Q3 and Q4.

需要说明的是,所述Q1、Q2、Q3和Q4可以为HBT。It should be noted that the Q1, Q2, Q3 and Q4 may be HBT.

所述反馈电路包括:第七电容C7和第八电容C8;The feedback circuit includes: a seventh capacitor C7 and an eighth capacitor C8;

所述第七电容C7的一端连接谐振电路的第一输出端(所述第一节点A),另一端连接电流源电路的第一信号输入端,第一谐振信号通过所述第七电容C7反馈至电流源电路,所述第七电容C7的另一端为压控振荡器的第一输出端NOUT;One end of the seventh capacitor C7 is connected to the first output end of the resonance circuit (the first node A), and the other end is connected to the first signal input end of the current source circuit, and the first resonance signal is fed back through the seventh capacitor C7 To the current source circuit, the other end of the seventh capacitor C7 is the first output end NOUT of the voltage-controlled oscillator;

所述第八电容C8的一端连接谐振电路的第二输出端(所述第二节点B),另一端连接电流源电路的第二信号输入端,第二谐振信号通过所述第八电容C8反馈至电流源电路,所述第八电容C8的另一端为压控振荡器的第二输出端POUT。One end of the eighth capacitor C8 is connected to the second output end (the second node B) of the resonance circuit, and the other end is connected to the second signal input end of the current source circuit, and the second resonance signal is fed back through the eighth capacitor C8 To the current source circuit, the other end of the eighth capacitor C8 is the second output end POUT of the voltage-controlled oscillator.

第七电容C7和第八电容C8的作用主要是隔直,同时将交流信号反馈给电流源电路,为电流源电路注入新的电流。从而对谐振电路产生的振荡信号进行了反馈利用,这样可以提高使用效率。The function of the seventh capacitor C7 and the eighth capacitor C8 is mainly to block DC, and at the same time feed back the AC signal to the current source circuit to inject new current into the current source circuit. Therefore, the oscillating signal generated by the resonant circuit is used for feedback, which can improve the use efficiency.

需要说明的是,POUT和NOUT是压控振荡器的两个输出端,这两个输出端输出的振荡信号均是正电压的信号,但是POUT和NOUT输出的振荡信号的相位是相反的。It should be noted that POUT and NOUT are two output terminals of the voltage-controlled oscillator, and the oscillation signals output by these two output terminals are positive voltage signals, but the phases of the oscillation signals output by POUT and NOUT are opposite.

第七电容C7和第八电容C8的容值是第一MOS容抗管C1和第二MOS容抗管C2的容值的十分之一,从而保证该压控振荡器具有较宽的频率调谐范围。The capacitance of the seventh capacitor C7 and the eighth capacitor C8 is one-tenth of the capacitance of the first MOS capacitive transistor C1 and the second MOS capacitive reactance transistor C2, so as to ensure that the voltage-controlled oscillator has a wider frequency tuning scope.

下面结合图2详细说明本发明提供的压控振荡器的工作原理。The working principle of the voltage-controlled oscillator provided by the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIG. 2 .

压控振荡器的相位噪声可以表达为:The phase noise of a VCO can be expressed as:

其中F为经验系数;k为波尔兹曼常数;T为绝对温度;Δω为相对于载波频率ω0的偏移频率;Vmax为谐振电路的电压幅度;Reff为有效电阻。需要指出的是,相位噪声越小,压控振荡器的相位噪声性能越好。Among them, F is the empirical coefficient; k is the Boltzmann constant; T is the absolute temperature; Δω is the offset frequency relative to the carrier frequency ω 0 ; V max is the voltage amplitude of the resonant circuit; R eff is the effective resistance. It should be pointed out that the smaller the phase noise, the better the phase noise performance of the VCO.

电流源电路用于产生压控振荡器工作的电流;The current source circuit is used to generate the working current of the voltage-controlled oscillator;

谐振电路与负阻电路用于产生振荡信号;The resonant circuit and the negative resistance circuit are used to generate an oscillating signal;

谐振电路与负阻电阻产生的振荡信号通过反馈电路中的电容(C7和C8)反馈到电流源电路中HBT(Q3和Q4)的基极。在相同的直流偏置条件下,本发明实施例提供的压控振荡器的电流源电路比现有技术中压控振荡器的电流源电路具有更小的压降,从而使本发明实施例的压控振荡器具有更大的输出电压幅度。The oscillating signal generated by the resonant circuit and the negative resistance resistor is fed back to the base of the HBT (Q3 and Q4) in the current source circuit through the capacitors (C7 and C8) in the feedback circuit. Under the same DC bias condition, the current source circuit of the voltage-controlled oscillator provided by the embodiment of the present invention has a smaller voltage drop than the current source circuit of the voltage-controlled oscillator in the prior art, so that the current source circuit of the embodiment of the present invention A voltage controlled oscillator has a larger output voltage amplitude.

由公式(1)可知,压控振荡器的输出电压幅度越大,其相位噪声性能便越好。From the formula (1), it can be seen that the larger the output voltage amplitude of the VCO, the better its phase noise performance.

本发明实施例提供的压控振荡器的输出电压(POUT和NOUT直接的电压)Q3或Q4的基极-发射极的压降,从而增加了压控振荡器输出的峰峰值电压,提高了压控振荡器的相位噪声性能。The output voltage of the voltage-controlled oscillator provided by the embodiment of the present invention (the direct voltage of POUT and NOUT) is the base-emitter voltage drop of Q3 or Q4, thereby increasing the peak-to-peak voltage output by the voltage-controlled oscillator and improving the voltage. control oscillator phase noise performance.

压控振荡器通过反馈电路使得HBT(Q1和Q4)的基极电压具有相似的相位,进而使压控振荡器的电流在其噪声敏感区达到最小值,从而提高了压控振荡器的相位噪声性能。The voltage-controlled oscillator makes the base voltages of HBT (Q1 and Q4) have similar phases through the feedback circuit, so that the current of the voltage-controlled oscillator reaches a minimum value in its noise-sensitive area, thereby improving the phase noise of the voltage-controlled oscillator performance.

以上所述,仅是本发明的较佳实施例而已,并非对本发明作任何形式上的限制。虽然本发明已以较佳实施例揭露如上,然而并非用以限定本发明。任何熟悉本领域的技术人员,在不脱离本发明技术方案范围情况下,都可利用上述揭示的方法和技术内容对本发明技术方案做出许多可能的变动和修饰,或修改为等同变化的等效实施例。因此,凡是未脱离本发明技术方案的内容,依据本发明的技术实质对以上实施例所做的任何简单修改、等同变化及修饰,均仍属于本发明技术方案保护的范围内。The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention in any form. Although the present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person familiar with the art, without departing from the scope of the technical solution of the present invention, can use the methods and technical content disclosed above to make many possible changes and modifications to the technical solution of the present invention, or modify it into an equivalent of equivalent change Example. Therefore, any simple modifications, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present invention, which do not deviate from the technical solution of the present invention, still fall within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present invention.

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  1. A kind of 1. voltage controlled oscillator with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that including:Resonance circuit, negative resistance electricity Road, current source circuit and feedback circuit;
    The resonance circuit, for producing the oscillator signal of voltage controlled oscillator, the resonance circuit is inductance and capacitance type resonance electricity Road, electric capacity therein use MOS capacitive reactance pipes;
    The negative resistance circuit, for producing negative resistance, just hindered caused by the resonance circuit with offsetting;
    The current source circuit, for producing the electric current of voltage controlled oscillator work;
    The feedback circuit, for oscillator signal caused by the resonance circuit to be fed back into the current source circuit;
    The feedback circuit includes:7th electric capacity and the 8th electric capacity;
    First output end of one end connection resonance circuit of the 7th electric capacity, the other end connect the first signal of current source circuit Input, for the first resonance signal by the 7th capacitive feedback to current source circuit, the other end of the 7th electric capacity is pressure First output end of controlled oscillator;
    Second output end of one end connection resonance circuit of the 8th electric capacity, the other end connect the secondary signal of current source circuit Input, for the second resonance signal by the 8th capacitive feedback to current source circuit, the other end of the 8th electric capacity is pressure Second output end of controlled oscillator.
  2. 2. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that
    The resonance circuit includes:Differential inductance, the first MOS capacitive reactances pipe, the 2nd MOS capacitive reactances pipe, the 3rd electric capacity, the 4th electric capacity, First resistor and second resistance;
    One end connection first node of the differential inductance, other end connection section point;
    The grid of the first MOS capacitive reactance pipes connects the 3rd node, and the first control voltage is connected together with drain electrode and source shorted;
    First control is connected together with the grid connection fourth node of the 2nd MOS capacitive reactance pipes, drain electrode and source shorted Voltage;
    One end of the first resistor connects the 3rd node, other end ground connection;
    One end of the second resistance connects the fourth node, other end ground connection;
    The both ends of 3rd electric capacity connect the first node and the 3rd node, the both ends point of the 4th electric capacity respectively The section point and the fourth node are not connected;
    The first node is the first phase contact of the resonance circuit and negative resistance circuit, exports the first resonance signal, described the Two nodes are the second phase contact of the resonance circuit and negative resistance circuit, export the second resonance signal.
  3. 3. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that described negative Resistance circuit includes:First bipolar transistor, the second bipolar transistor, 3rd resistor, the 4th resistance, the 5th electric capacity, the 6th Electric capacity and the 11st electric capacity;
    The base stage of first bipolar transistor connects the 5th node, and colelctor electrode connection first node, the first node is described First phase contact of negative resistance circuit and resonance circuit;
    The base stage of second bipolar transistor connects the 6th node, and colelctor electrode connection section point, the section point is described Second phase contact of negative resistance circuit and resonance circuit;
    The emitter stage of first bipolar transistor connects with the emitter stage of second bipolar transistor, the node to connect Output end phase contact as the input and current source circuit of the negative resistance circuit;
    One end of 3rd resistor connects the 5th node, and the other end connects the second control voltage;
    One end of 4th resistance connects the 6th node, and the other end connects second control voltage;
    One end of 5th electric capacity connects the first node, and the other end connects the 6th node;
    One end of 6th electric capacity connects the section point, and the other end connects the 5th node;
    The both ends of 11st electric capacity connect second control voltage and ground respectively.
  4. 4. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 1 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that
    The current source circuit includes:3rd bipolar transistor, the 4th bipolar transistor, the 5th resistance, the 6th resistance, Nine electric capacity and the tenth electric capacity;
    9th electric capacity of the base stage connection ground connection of the 3rd bipolar transistor, the base stage is the input of the first feedback signal End, the grounded emitter of the 3rd bipolar transistor;
    Tenth electric capacity of the base stage connection ground connection of the 4th bipolar transistor, the base stage is the input of the second feedback signal End, the grounded emitter of the 4th bipolar transistor;
    The colelctor electrode of 3rd bipolar transistor connects with the colelctor electrode of the 4th bipolar transistor, the node to connect Output end phase contact as the input and current source circuit of negative resistance circuit;
    One end of 5th resistance connects the base stage of the 3rd bipolar transistor, and the other end connects the 3rd control voltage;
    One end of 6th resistance connects the base stage of the 4th bipolar transistor, and the other end connects the 3rd control voltage.
  5. 5. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 2 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that described the The capacitance of three electric capacity and the 4th electric capacity is at least bigger 10 times than the capacitance of the first MOS capacitive reactances pipe and the 2nd MOS capacitive reactance pipes.
  6. 6. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 2 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that described the One MOS capacitive reactances pipe and the 2nd MOS capacitive reactance pipes work in accumulation area or depletion region.
  7. 7. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 3 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that described the One bipolar transistor and the second bipolar transistor are in positive workspace.
  8. 8. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 4 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that described the Three bipolar transistors and the 4th bipolar transistor are in positive workspace.
  9. 9. the voltage controlled oscillator according to claim 2 with low noise and big tuning range, it is characterised in that the 7th electricity Hold with the capacitance of the 8th electric capacity 1/10th of the capacitance for being the first MOS capacitive reactances pipe and the 2nd MOS capacitive reactance pipes.
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